Irish sea shipping

Belfast Corporation operated the largest trolleybus system in the United Kingdom outside London. Although the system lasted for 30 years (from March 1938 to May 1968), perhaps the ‘golden decade’ was the 1950s. In 1953 the trolleybuses carried 112 million passengers almost 8½ million miles - more than the trams and buses combined. The middle of that decade saw the fleet size at its maximum of 245 vehicles, as well as the final route extensions, the last of which was in 1959, when a branch off the Falls Road was opened to Whiterock. This book captures the flavour of that period with over 190 photographs, of which very few have been published before.

The city is covered on a route-by-route basis, starting with the city centre and working clockwise from Belmont in the east to Whitehouse in the north, with additional sections on the depots, tickets and preserved trolleybuses. But it is also a nostalgic portrait of the city of Belfast during that era, the streets and shops, buildings and fashions - many of whichhav e changed beyond recognition, while some, surprisingly, have not.